Expressing support for prioritizing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for therapies, diagnostics, and vaccines for COVID-19.

P.L. 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act, Division A Issue: Support implementation of 21st Century Cures Act, including the Innovation Fund, increased funding for medical research, reducing administrative and regulatory burden on scientists and research institutions, and supporting young investigators. H.R. 6417, Protecting Cures Act of 2020 Issue: Support legislation to reiterate HHSs obligation to fund scientifically meritorious research that meets specified criteria. S. 3161, National Biomedical Research Act Issue: Support legislation to establish a Biomedical Innovation Fund. H.Res. 1125, Expressing support for prioritizing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for therapies, diagnostics, and vaccines for COVID-19. Issue: Support clinical trials diversity. Issue: Support ethical use of fetal tissue in medical research.

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Issues relating to access to care, health disparities, childhood cancer, quality of life and palliative care, cancer survivorship, federal health care programs, genetic information, cancer, nutrition, tanning beds, clinical trials, skin cancer, cannabis research, and wellness, including: HR 6514, Worker Health Coverage Protection Act HR 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act Issues related to regulations for implementing section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act on anti-discrimination HR 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or The HEROES Act Issues related to the Senate HELP Committee initiative on preparing for future pandemics. Regulatory issues related to telehealth Issues related to surprise medical billing, including HR 3630, the No Surprises Act; S 1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act; S 1531, the Stopping the Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019; Issues relating to curbing health care costs; H.R.647 & S. 2080, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; Anti-cancer medication cost-sharing parity respecting H.R. 1409; A national family caregiving strategy respecting S. 1719 and H.R. 1028; Access to medicines respecting FDA implementation of right to try law; Introduction of the S. 3404 & H.R. 6102, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development Act of 2020 or the VALID Act of 2020; H.R. 4897 & S. 2358 Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018; H. Res. 282, supporting initiatives to encourage parents and guardians to take measures to prevent sunburns in minors they care for; H.R. 1966 & S 946, the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019, regarding decreasing disparities in access to cancer clinical trials; Additional issues related to reducing health disparities in cancer clinical trials; Issues related to capturing racial and ethnic data demographic data for communities disproportionately affected by coronavirus; H.R. 2222 and S. 1107, the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventative Services Act; H.Res. 14 & S.Res. 223, Expressing support for the designation of DIPG Awareness Day H.R. 1730 and S. 741, the Cancer Drug Parity Act; Cannabis research issues, including S. 2032 Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act and S. 2400Expanding Cannabis Research and Information Act ; H.R. 2689 & S. 1438 the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act H.R. 4078 & S. 2424 EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2019 S. 2497, the Dependent Income Exclusion Act; Issues related to HHS regulation of prescription drug prices and costs; H.R. 4439, Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; H.R. 1730 and S. 741, the Cancer Drug Parity Act; H.R. 6556, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0; H.R. 4439 & S. 4010, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; H.R.6666 & S. 4315, the COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, bill related to support needed data collection efforts to begin to contain coronavirus; Issues related to cancer survivorship and transitions of care from oncology treatment back to primary care; Issues related to improving data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic; and H.Res 1125, which expresses support for prioritizing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for therapies, diagnostics in clinical trials for therapies, diagnostics, and vaccines for COVID -19. S 4557, COVID Enrollment Response Act (Sen. Baldwin)

H.R 8061 Community Immunity during COVID-19 Act of 2020To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to covered health departments to increase the rate of recommended immunizations, and for other purposes. S. 4248COVID-19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act - Improving bias training in states/localities S. 4262The COVID-19 Health Disparities Action Act- This bill establishes a series of requirements relating tothequality of care provided in nursing and long-term care facilities, specifically with respect toCOVID-19(i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and elder abuse, and also modifies and extends several elder justice programs and initiatives. S.4533The Anti-Racism in Public Health Act- To amendthePublicHealthServiceActto provide forpublichealthresearch andinvestmentinto understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence. S. 4339Masks for All Act of 2020- This bill provides fundingforthe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provideforthe manufacture and distribution of high-quality facemasksforevery individual in the United States during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. H.R.8436 - Equal Health Care for All ActTo prohibit discrimination in health care and require the provision of equitable health care, s.4521Health Care Improvement Act- To amend the Patient Protection and AffordableCareActto reducehealthcarecosts and expandhealthcarecoverage to more Americans. H.Res.1125- Diversity in Clinical Trials - Expressing support for prioritizing racial and ethnicdiversityinclinicaltrialsfor therapies, diagnostics, and vaccines for COVID-19. H.R8200Ending Health Disparities During COVID-19 ActTo improve the health of minority individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes S. 4557COVid Enrollment Response (COVER) Act - To support efforts to provide intensive, individualized assistance for enrolling in health care coverage. S.4526Coronavirus Language Access ActTo ensure that COVID-19-related Federal programs and assistance provide for the translation of informational materials relating to awareness, screening, testing, and treatment for COVID-19 into priority languages. S.4539Taxpayer Research and Coronavirus Knowledge Act of 2020To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other Federal officials to compile into a searchable database information relating to Federal support for biomedical research and development related to COVID-19, and for other purposes. H.R.8544 - STRONG Support for Children ActTo amend the Public Health Service Act to support the development and implementation of programs using data analysis to identify and facilitate strategies to improve outcomes for children in geographic areas with a high prevalence of trauma from exposure to adverse childhood experiences, and for other purposes. H.R. 2694- the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - prohibits employment practices that discriminate against making reasonable accommodations for qualified employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. A qualified employee is an employee or applicant who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position, with specified exceptions. S.3606Health Force and Resilience Force Act of 2020establishment of aHealthForceandaResilienceForceto respond to publichealthemergenciesandmeet publichealthneeds. H.R. 6437/S.3609 - Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Actensure that all communities have access to urgently needed COVID-19 testing, treatment, public health information, and relief benefits regardless of immigration status or limited English proficiency, H.R.8573 - To prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage, State plans under title XIX of the Social Security Act, State child health plans under title XXI of such Act, and the TRICARE program from applying a deductible to outpatient pediatric services. S.4737Community Immunity during COVID-19 Act of 2020A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to covered health departments to increase the rate of recommended immunizations, and for other purposes. H.R.6637- HealthEquityandAccountabilityActof2020HealthEquityandAccountabilityActof2020 H.R. 7510 - AHEAD: Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision Making Act Requires Health Impact Assessments for non-health legislative proposals Legislation to waive cost-sharing for treatments and future vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the next coronavirus economic stimulus bill. Health Care and HousingLegislation to incentivize low-income housing developments that focus on social determinants of health. H.Res.1057- Mental Health Bill Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to effectively address the high prevalence of those suffering from mental health conditions and substance use disorders, the United States needs to make historic financial investments into mental health and substance use disorder care and finally acknowledge such care as a priority in health care equal to physical health Legislation to provide a comprehensive effort to test, trace and quarantine individuals must be nationally coordinated and implemented in states and localities across the country Pandemic response/stimulus legislationLegislation to provide consumer assistance for health coverage enrollment; to broaden premium tax credits and fully subsidizing COBRA coverage offered to laid-off workers; to expand the recently-enacted Medicaid option to support states ability to finance and expand Medicaid, including COVID 19 treatment, with eligibility extended to all in need, regardless of geography or immigration status. H.R. 6800 - HEROES Act -Legislation responding to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.